Revelation 14:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. ”

• Revelation 14:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And he that sat on the cloud - The Saviour, Revelation 14:14 . Thrust in his sickle on the earth - To cut down the harvest - that is, to gather his people to himself. And the earth was re...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Harvest and the Vintage of the World. The scene culminates in a vision of the Parousia, and an ingathering of the spiritual harvest. Revelation 14:14 . The coming of the Son of Man on the...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  thrust in . cast. Greek. ballo. Not the word in Revelation 14:15 .

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• Revelation 14:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. The earth was reaped - The judgments were executed. But where, or on whom, who can tell?

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• Revelation 14:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I looked, and behold a white cloud, &c.— As the voices of these three warning angels had not their due effect, the judgments of God will overtake the followers and adherents of the beast; which...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. Thrust in - `cast.'

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• Revelation 14:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lamb and His Followers. Judgment on His Enemies In the last two Chapter s were seen the enemies of the Church, and their fierce power. Now, by way of contrast, and to encourage the Church to r...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And another angel... — Translate, And another angel came forth out of the temple, &c. It has been asked, “What harvest is this?” It is the gathering of the good seed, the full corn in the ear...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XI THE LAMB ON THE MOUNT ZION AND THE HARVEST AND VINTAGE OF THE WORLD. Revelation 14:1-20 . THE twelfth and thirteenth Chapter s of this book were designed to set before us a picture o...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  The Winepress of God's Wrath Revelation 14:9-20 We cannot understand the torment of those who are depicted in Revelation 14:9-12 , except it be the remorse at having refused the love of the La...

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• Revelation 14:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The attention of the seer was now turned again to the heavenly order. The redeemed are seen standing with the Lamb, a company of obedient souls who follow Him "whithersoever He goeth." In distinctio...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (14) And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. (15) And another angel came out of...

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• Revelation 14:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth ,.... He put forth, and made use of that power which he had in his hand, in answer to the entreaty of the angel, the time being fully c...

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• Revelation 14:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. Ver. 16. And he that sat on the cloud ] That is, Christ, who soon condescendeth to the suits of his serva...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And I looked, and behold a white cloud An emblem of the equity and holiness, as also of the victory of him that sat upon it, over all adverse power; and upon the cloud one like unto the Son of man...

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• Revelation 14:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  The Lamb and 144,000 on Mount Zion In the first five verses of this chapter we find another striking preview of the blessing of the godly remnant in Israel. This preview is given at the time when...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Harvest and the Vintage. A. D.  95.       13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Wr...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  According to the before mentioned different notion of the harvest, there is amongst them a different interpretation of this verse; some interpreting it of God's calling in the Jews, or his elect, by...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And he who sat on the cloud cast his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped.' His action is the signal for the angels to gather out of His kingdom ‘all that offends and they who do iniquity'...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 14:13 . Blessed are the dead .—This relieves anxiety concerning all who are taken out of the warfare before the victory is fully won. They will share all...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Revelation 14:1 . And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb John always writes of Jesus as the «Lamb.» His Lord is to him in his sacrificial character always «the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of th...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 14:1 . Lo, a Lamb, the Lord Christ, stood on mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty four thousand, whom he had redeemed to God by his blood. Here is the church of the firstborn,...

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• Revelation 14:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thrust in thy sickle, and reap. The harvest and the vintage It is held by many that both these refer to the same fact of God’s judgment against sin and sinners. And no doubt, at times, the “har...

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• Revelation 14:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 14:1 And I looked ; and I saw, indicating a fresh phase of the vision (cf. Revelation 4:1 , etc.). Having described ( Revelation 12:1-66 . and 13.) the trinity of...

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• Revelation 14:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The bliss of the saints and the reaping of the earth:

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• Revelation 14:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 5:22 ; John 5:23 ; Matthew 16:27 ; Revelation 14:14 ; Revelation 14:19 ; Revelation 16:1

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• Revelation 14:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Mercy and Punishment Revelation 14:1-20 , Revelation 15:1-8 ; Revelation 16:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapt...

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• Revelation 14:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Crying — By the command of God. Thrust in thy sickle, for the harvest is ripe — This implies an high degree of holiness in those good men, and an earnest desire to be with God.

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